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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JOSEPH A. BRAUTIGAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF STITCHING REED-COVERS TO HAT-SWEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,466, dated August17, 1886. Application filed March 11, 1885- Scrial No. 158,401. (Nomodel.)

To' aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. BEAUTI- GAM, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMethods of Stitching Reed- Covcrs to HatSweats, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved method of stitchingreed-covers to sweats for hats and caps,to which the appearance ofhandwhipping is imparted by machine-stitches produced by asewing-machine with a single needie at a considerable economy in thread.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of animproved sweat for hats or caps stitched by my process. Figs. 2 and 3are front and rear elevations of the same. Fig. 4 is a verticaltransverse section of the same, and Figs. 5 and 6 are dia gramsillustrating the formation of the stitches.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the band, of leather or othersuitable soft material; and B, the reed-cover of a sweatifor hats orcaps. The reed-cover B is bent around the reed in the usual manner. Thatpart of the reed-cover that incloses the reed projects beyond the loweredge of the band A. The reedcover B is attached to the band A by alongitudinal row of single stitches, ac, which penetrate the reed-covernext to the edge of the hand without going through the latter, and by aseries of parallel double stitches, b b, which extend laterally acrossthe edge of the band A and penetrate both the band and reedcover at somedistance from the edge of the band. The inwardly-extendin g doublestitches b bare formed of two needle-threads on the face of thesweat-leather, the loops of which are locked by two shuttle-threads atthe back 'of the reed-cover, while the longitudinal lines of stitchesrunning along the edge of the band are formed of a single needle-threadat the face and a single shuttle-thread at the back of the band.

The stitches described are produced on a machine having a single needle,which receives both a verticalIy-reciprocating and ahorizontally-reciprocating motion, the band being intermittently fedforward face upward, the feed taking place after the two stitches ofwhich the double stitch b is composed have been formed across theband,the third single stitch, a, being formed along the edge of the bandat the end of the feed motion.

The sewing-machine by which myimproved sweat for hats and caps is madeforms the subject-matter of a separate application for Letters Patentfiled March 11, 1885, Serial No. 158,402, to which reference is made.

The inwardly-extending series of lateral double stitches imparts to thesweat a uniform appearance in imitation of careful hand-whipping, whilethe outer or longitudinal row of stitches runs along the edge of theband and serves to hide the edge of the same, so as to produce aneatly-finished sweat-band. The series of inwardly-extendingv doublestitches may be arranged at right angles to the edge of the band, or ata suitable angle of inclination to the same, as desired.

I am aware that sweats" for hats and caps have been made heretofore inwhich the reed cover is attached to the band by a series of Zigzagstitches, which penetrate the reed-cover at or near the edge of theband, and the band and the reed-cover at some distance from the edge ofthe band. I am also aware that sweats have been made in which thereed-cover is attached to the band by two longitudinal rows ofstitches,

stitches are notin imitation of hand-whipping,

while the second sweatshows on its face a longitudinal row of stitchesand single lateral threads which pass across the edge of the band, or onits back two longitudinal rows of stitches.

My improved sweat shows a longitudinal row of face stitches,which hidethe edge of the band, and a series of double lateral stitches at thefront and back, that impart to the sweat a very neat and finishedappearance in imitation of hand-whipping.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The method of stitching a rced-cov cr to thesweatband of a hat, which consists in running a .longitudinal rowofsingle stitches through the reed-cover at the edge of said band andoutside thereof, and simultaneously forming a series of parallel doublestitches on both sides of said band, which extend from points betweenthe stitches of the longitudinal row transversely across said band,penetrating both the lGOd-COVGI and the sweat-band, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname in pi'es- 1o ence of-two subscribing witnesses.

J OSEPII A. BRAUTIGAM.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, SIDNEY MANN.

